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My mistress comes.
Thyself thy missive give.
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ACT I Nos 6 & 7: RECIT. & TRIO - Dorothy, Dorcas & Oswald
DOROTHY is seen coming down the terrace. DORCAS. DOROTHY advances towards her. OSWALD. Madam, I bow. DOROTHY. Sir, who art thou? OSWALD. Servant of one whose name I must not tell. This from his hand - and from his heart as well. DOROTHY reads the letter.
DOROTHY. Oh, tell me, what is a maid to say? What is a maid to do? When heart says "Go," and duty "Stay," And she'd to both be true? Oh, tell me, what is a maid to say? Shall it be rice or rue? When heart says "Yea," and duty "Nay," What is a maid to do? Ah! DOROTHY, DORCAS & OSWALD. Yea or nay? Go or stay? To which be false, to which be true? When a maiden wavers 'twixt yea and nay - Shall it be rice or rue? Shall it be rice or rue? OSWALD. Thou askest what is a maid to say, What is a maid to do? I answer, if her heart say yea, Her duty says so too. DORCAS. I can but tell thee what I should say, Tell thee what I should do; I'd go in showers of rice away, And leave behind the rue. Ah! DOROTHY, DORCAS & OSWALD. Yea or nay? Go or stay? To which be false, to which be true? When a maiden wavers 'twixt yea and nay - Shall it be rice or rue? Shall it be rice or rue? Exeunt DORCAS and OSWALD severally.
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